Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Bilardi

Gianfranco Bilardi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12008150
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to encrypted data processing (EDAP). Encrypted data from a cache to be loaded into a register file can be accessed. The encrypted data can be decrypted to receive cleartext data. The cleartext data can be written to the register file. The cleartext data can be processed using at least one functional unit to receive cleartext computation results. The cleartext computation results can then be written back to the register file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jessica Hui-Chun Tseng, Jose E. Moreira, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Manoj Kumar, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Gianfranco Bilardi
  • Patent number: 11868275
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to encrypted data processing (EDAP). A processor includes a register file configured to store ciphertext data, an instruction fetch and decode unit configured to fetch and decode instructions, and a functional unit configured to process the stored ciphertext data. The functional unit further includes a decryption module configured to decrypt ciphertext data from the register file to receive cleartext data using an encryption key stored within the functional unit. The functional unit further includes a local buffer configured to store the cleartext data. The functional unit further includes an arithmetic logical unit configured to generate cleartext computation results using the cleartext data The functional unit further includes an encryption module configured to encrypt the cleartext computation results to generate ciphertext computation results for storage back into the register file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Jose E. Moreira, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Jessica Hui-Chun Tseng
  • Patent number: 11836493
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing memory access operations for graph analytics by a processor are disclosed. An entire chunk of load and store instructions may be atomically and concurrently executed, where the entire chunk of the load and store instructions are delineated from a plurality of alternative load and store instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Jose E. Moreira, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Jessica Hui-Chun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20230251862
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing memory access operations for graph analytics by a processor are disclosed. An entire chunk of load and store instructions may be atomically and concurrently executed, where the entire chunk of the load and store instructions are delineated from a plurality of alternative load and store instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manoj KUMAR, Gianfranco BILARDI, Kattamuri EKANADHAM, Jose E. MOREIRA, Pratap C. PATTNAIK, Jessica Hui-Chun TSENG
  • Publication number: 20220414023
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to encrypted data processing (EDAP). A processor includes a register file configured to store ciphertext data, an instruction fetch and decode unit configured to fetch and decode instructions, and a functional unit configured to process the stored ciphertext data. The functional unit further includes a decryption module configured to decrypt ciphertext data from the register file to receive cleartext data using an encryption key stored within the functional unit. The functional unit further includes a local buffer configured to store the cleartext data. The functional unit further includes an arithmetic logical unit configured to generate cleartext computation results using the cleartext data The functional unit further includes an encryption module configured to encrypt the cleartext computation results to generate ciphertext computation results for storage back into the register file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Jose E. Moreira, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Jessica Hui-Chun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20220414270
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to encrypted data processing (EDAP). Encrypted data from a cache to be loaded into a register file can be accessed. The encrypted data can be decrypted to receive cleartext data. The cleartext data can be written to the register file. The cleartext data can be processed using at least one functional unit to receive cleartext computation results. The cleartext computation results can then be written back to the register file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jessica Hui-Chun Tseng, Jose E. Moreira, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Manoj Kumar, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Gianfranco Bilardi
  • Patent number: 7107399
    Abstract: A memory structure and method for handling memory requests from a processor and for returning correspondence responses to the processor from various levels of the memory structure. The memory levels of the memory structure are interconnected by a forward and return path with the return path having twice the bandwidth of the forward path. An algorithm is used to determine how many responses are sent from each memory level on the return path to the processor. This algorithm is designed to guarantee a constant bound on the rate of responses sent to the processor. More specifically, if a write request is at the same level to which it is targeted, or if a request at a memory level is targeted to a higher memory level, then two responses are forwarded from a controller at the memory level on the return path to the processor. Otherwise, only one response is forwarded from the memory level on the return path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Pratap Chandra Pattnaik
  • Patent number: 6978360
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for issuing and executing memory instructions from a computer system so as to (1) maximize the number of requests issued to a highly pipe-lined memory, the only limitation being data dependencies in the program and (2) avoid reading data from memory before a corresponding write to memory. The memory instructions are organized to read and write into memory, by using explicit move instructions, thereby avoiding any data storage limitations in the processor. The memory requests are organized to carry complete information, so that they can be processed independently when memory returns the requested data. The memory is divided into a number of regions, each of which is associated with a fence counter. The fence counter for a memory region is incremented each time a memory instruction that is targeted to the memory region is issued and decremented each time there is a write to the memory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Pratap Chandra Pattnaik
  • Publication number: 20020169947
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for issuing and executing memory instructions from a computer system so as to (1) maximize the number of requests issued to a highly pipe-lined memory, the only limitation being data dependencies in the program and (2) avoid reading data from memory before a corresponding write to memory. The memory instructions are organized to read and write into memory, by using explicit move instructions, thereby avoiding any data storage limitations in the processor. The memory requests are organized to carry complete information, so that they can be processed independently when memory returns the requested data. The memory is divided into a number of regions, each of which is associated with a fence counter. The fence counter for a memory region is incremented each time a memory instruction that is targeted to the memory region is issued and decremented each time there is a write to the memory region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Pratap Chandra Pattnaik
  • Publication number: 20020169933
    Abstract: A memory structure and method for handling memory requests from a processor and for returning correspondence responses to the processor from various levels of the memory structure. The memory levels of the memory structure are interconnected by a forward and return path with the return path having twice the bandwidth of the forward path. An algorithm is used to determine how many responses are sent from each memory level on the return path to the processor. This algorithm is designed to guarantee a constant bound on the rate of responses sent to the processor. More specifically, if a write request is at the same level to which it is targeted, or if a request at a memory level is targeted to a higher memory level, then two responses are forwarded from a controller at the memory level on the return path to the processor. Otherwise, only one response is forwarded from the memory level on the return path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Gianfranco Bilardi, Kattamuri Ekanadham, Pratap Chandra Pattnaik